Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-04-29

uay, Aplu S4. lnc lOllOWlnS OftclalS |
were elected for the coming year Super
intendent, John F. Cell ; assistant super
lntendcnt, w. II. Chapman librarian,
Mrs. Rachel A. Procunier: secretary, L.
S. Chapman choristcr, Miss Annie E.
Cell. Two o'clock IN the afternoon was
decided upon as the time of opening the
Sabbath school, ARGUS.
Winchester.
Correspondence of the RECORD.
+ G. F. Parker started for Bowdle last
Tuesday to purchase seed grain.
p Mcssrs. Maxwell and Hubbard are tax
ing in the Capital City this week.
lNos. and schools opened last Mon
day, with fair attendance of scholars.
wv. G. Kennedy returned yesterday
from Bismarck with IL load of seed grain.
= Messrs. Douglas and Patterson, of WI
mona, were in town on business this week,
IMessrs. McLaney and Otto have sold
their OK teams to parties in the Holland
settlement.
Mr.. A. Potter started for Bismarck yes
tcrlaY, and expects to meet his family,
who are on their way here from Ferglls
Falls, MINI.
Mr.. A. II. Morrison attended the sale
of condemned horses at Fort Yates, but
did not make any purchases
Mr. Higbee made trip to the river the
other day, and while there purchased Il
fine pony of Commissioner Clayton.
G. H. Bumstead has at present four
teams ut work on his farm, which makes
it look like a young Dalrymple ranch
SAIr John Mckay and family arrived
here last week. He is completing the
house that he partly built last fall, and
will move into it shortly.
Mrs. Fish visited Wllamsport the other
day, where she made application to Judge
Hodgknson for letters of administration
on the estate Of her deceased husband.
JAY EYE-SEE.
correspondence Vi ClS NECONU
The following items were received too
late for publication last week On the
envelope was marked "Mssent." The
RECORD has not the least desire to
hurt any ones feelings but we are com.
PEELED to state, however, that no citi.
zen should angle for the proud, aristo-
cratic and wealth. bringing position of
boss OF a rural postal-shop without Il
more or less intimate acquaintance with
English as she is writ the outside
of an envelope.--ED.
Mr. John Jones, a South Side gay bach
elor, has returned home from Minnesota,
where he was working during the winter.
Mr.. Myhill, who has been in the en-
ploy Of the N. p. Railroad Co. at Crystal
Springs, and who owns quartcr-scction
of land here, is at present setting out
fruit trees and making otlEr improve
ments on his place. e
&When Mail carrier Morrison returned
home one evening during the flood he
found his furniture floating in about four
feet OF water. 1t is said he dived down
under the water and tried to start Il fire in
the stove; but he failed and then went
and engaged board at Mr.. Cronk's.
Mrs. Fish Il few days ago received the
sad news of the death of her husband,
Joseph Fish, who went from here to the
hospital at Minneapolis last fall. At the
time she received the news she was pre-
pairing to go to HIM, and would have left
the next day. Mrs Fish, in her bereave.
ment, has the heartfelt sympathy of the
whole community.
The Winchester correspondent of the
Winona Times says: Jay -Eyc-Sce has
changed his name to Gallop," and he
presumes "it is in honor of the gait his
partners oxen take when out sleighing
with his best girl" Brother Scribe, for
your sake we will state that the report is
certainly mistake. AS to the oxen, we
don't quite catch on as to whose oxen
you mean. But I will wager my new
summer Sunday go to -meetin' every day
shoes on any oxen in the valley in IA race
against your paws mules, at any time
except when you are out with them "on
official business"
The flood has come and gone. The
Beaver commenced rising on Saturday
evening, and continued until Tuesday
On Sunday the banks at the bridge over
flowed, thereby stopping all traffic across
the bridge until G. H. Bumstead's S row.
boat was brought from Lake Cantwell
and used to ferry passengers back and
forth On Monday an ice gorge formed
at the bridge, and half dozen citizens
went to work to break the jam by means
of long poles. axes, and, by taking many
vcnturesome positions. succeeded in doing
so after Il hard days work and plumber
of cold-water baths, which, when not too
serious, made lots of sport for the many
sight-sccrs congrcsated on the shore.
The bridge stood the test we'll and came
through all r,ghT, except that about two
feet of rock was washed from under the
mudsllls, letting the south side of the
bridge down that much. Had it not been
for the large amount of stone placed on
the bridge, it would have gone out en-.
tirely JAY-EyE.SEr